re: building a pc
Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 8:07 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(21954 messages posted)
While I would encourage anyone to experience the "fun" of building their own computer,
be aware that it can be a very frustrating experience. There is a relatively high
probability (IMO) of having one bad component -- probably about 5 to 10%. Troubleshooting
these problems can be very difficult if you don't have a lot of experience and some
spare parts. I haven't bought a built computer since 1984, having built new, or modified
old on an annual basis since then.
Do your homework and research up front and be thorough. In general there is limited
value in getting inputs from others about your choices, typically their statistical
database is too small to many anything. Dan might be an exception on that, and Steve
is also very knowledgable about video systems. Even though I've built over 50 systems
total, I wouldn't trust my own advice, because things change so rapidly, and I built
my current system 10 months ago. While it's pretty good for the most part, it has
some major TV recording problems compared to my last box. I've been really disappointed
in the ATI Theatre 550 pro card. Be aware that the aluminum cases, while supposedly
better for cooling are extremely fragile.
Good sites for research are:
www.anandtech.com
www.tomshardware.com
I'd also do a google search on "cool pcs" and "quiet pcs" but those issues may not
be a priority to you.
On Friday, January 26, 2007 at 11:22 pm, aliasnp wrote:
>hi i am thinking of building my own pc which i will run windows vista ultimate on.
>the specs are below the purpose of this machine is for some gaming and photo and
>video editing and the usual things normal people use their computer for.
>can you guys tell me if this configuration would work??
>thanks guys
>aliasnp
>
>Case- undecided
>Motherboard- Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H
>CPU- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40 GHz
>RAM- Corsair VS1GB667D2 1GB Value Select PC-5300 DDR2 RAM
>Hard Drive- WD 36 GB 10,000 RPM SATA HDD
>Hard Drive- 250GB Seagate 7200rpm HDD
> Graphics Card- GeForce 7900 GPUs 256MB
>Keyboard- Logitech g15
>Mouse- Logitech MX900
>CD burner/DVD reader- liteon SHM165h6s
>Wireless card- D-LINK DWL-G520 XtremeG 11/54/108Mbs
>sound card- CREATIVE SOUNDBLASTER 5.1 PCI SOUND CARD
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- building a pc (aliasnp: Friday, January 26, 2007 at 11:22 pm)
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